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Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6864

Scope and Contents

Collection of materials related to the textile industry including Amoskeag Co. blank forms. Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Correspondence to H. Saltonstall, Treasurer, Pacific Mills, Boston. Letter from Jess Chandler of Methuen, Mass. addressed to Chandler's niece, April 26, 1937. Document from an unidentified compiler in England describing loss of money from uncertainty of finding a purchaser for winding engines because of threats of throwsters to destroy engines. Bent, treasurer of Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., writes to Chace at Bourne Mills in Fall River, Mass., about measurements of belts for cards and railway heads. Also includes a letter, dated Nov. 19, 1927, from H & B (Howard and Bullough) American Machine Company, Pawtucket, R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River. H & B Co. was a builder of cotton machinery.

Dates

  • 1720-1937

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.25 cubic feet

Abstract

Collection of materials related to the textile industry including Amoskeag Co. blank forms. Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Correspondence to H. Saltonstall, Treasurer, Pacific Mills, Boston. Letter from Jess Chandler of Methuen, Mass. to his niece. Document from an unidentified compiler in England describing loss of money from uncertainty of finding a purchaser for winding engines because of threats of throwsters to destroy engines. Letter from Bent, treasurer of Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., to Chace at Bourne Mills in Fall River, Mass. Also includes a letter, from H & B (Howard and Bullough) American Machine Company, Pawtucket, R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Robert M. Vogel.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6864 G: Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Graphics 6864 P: Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Photographs 6864 PUBS: Robert M. Vogel Collection of Textile Industry Publications

Quantity:

0.2 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, letterheads, records (documents) .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
M. Clark, September 05, 2019
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, October 09, 2019
Title
Vogel, Robert M. Collection of Textile Industry Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by M. Clark
Date
October 09, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853